Spark the Creative Flame is a source of information and inspiration for the thousands of people who are discovering the creative possibilities of crafting glass through flameworking and evolving their craft into art. This book is an educational resource for individuals engaged in self-directed learning as well as a text for college-level art and craft programs. While Spark the Creative Flame focuses on flameworked glass, the themes transcend material and speak to broader issues and challenges relevant to all artists/craftspeople.
The book represents an original and in-depth look at a community of twelve artists embracing flameworking as a vehicle for their artistic expression. It tells the story of how each artist evolved from, in many cases, a childhood interes...

ISBN 1-935778-37-4; 978-1-935778-37-0
by Linda VanAller Hernick
Most Wonderful in the Smallest is a year-long observation of microorganisms that dwell in freshwater environments such as streams, ditches, ponds, and swamps, common and accessible parts of environments that surround us all. Written in the form of a journal, the entries and numerous accompanying micrographs describe and illustrate the author’s sampling sites and the fascinating array of organisms that she finds in the samples themselves.
Microorganisms comprise the greatest portion of Earth’s biodiversity and yet few of us are aware of their existence beyond the microbial pathogens that make us ill. Most Wonderful in the Smallest acquaints the reader with some of the beauty and complexity of fre...

ISBN 1-935778-37-4; 978-1-935778-37-0
by Linda VanAller Hernick
Most Wonderful in the Smallest is a year-long observation of microorganisms that dwell in freshwater environments such as streams, ditches, ponds, and swamps, common and accessible parts of environments that surround us all. Written in the form of a journal, the entries and numerous accompanying micrographs describe and illustrate the author’s sampling sites and the fascinating array of organisms that she finds in the samples themselves.
Microorganisms comprise the greatest portion of Earth’s biodiversity and yet few of us are aware of their existence beyond the microbial pathogens that make us ill. Most Wonderful in the Smallest acquaints the reader with some of the beauty and complexity of fre...

ISBN 1-935778-37-4; 978-1-935778-37-0
by Linda VanAller Hernick
Most Wonderful in the Smallest is a year-long observation of microorganisms that dwell in freshwater environments such as streams, ditches, ponds, and swamps, common and accessible parts of environments that surround us all. Written in the form of a journal, the entries and numerous accompanying micrographs describe and illustrate the author’s sampling sites and the fascinating array of organisms that she finds in the samples themselves.
Microorganisms comprise the greatest portion of Earth’s biodiversity and yet few of us are aware of their existence beyond the microbial pathogens that make us ill. Most Wonderful in the Smallest acquaints the reader with some of the beauty and complexity of fre...